Garbage furnace



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J. B. WAYT GARBAGE FURNACE; 7 No. 523,699. Patented July 81, 1894.

Witnesses f M UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. WAYT, F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

GARBAGE-PU RNAC E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 523,699, dated July 31,1894.

Application filed November 4, 1893. Serial No. 490,196. on. model) Toall whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, JAMES B. WAYT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianprovements in furnaces for burning garbage or otherrefuse matter, and consists in a novel arrangement of refuse burningchamber and the means for heating and burning the garbage in saidchamber, and will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The object of my invention is to provide a refuse burning furnace thatwill the more rapidly consume all matter of an obnoxious nature withoutemitting any disagreeable odor. I attain this object by means of thefurnace illustrated in the accompanying drawings inv which similarnumbers of reference designate like parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1. is a longitudinal sectional elevation taken throughthe centerof the garbage chamber and the heating furnace of the same, and Fig. 2.is a transverse sectional elevation of the same.

The main furnace 1 is surmounted by the arch 2 which is of fire-brickand extends longitudinally along the bottom of the structure toward therear wall 3. and connects with the back-up-take 4, formed by said bridgewall 3, and the rear wall 5 of the furnace.

' The deflectingarch 6. which is builtinto the arch 7. of the refusechamber 8, is provided for the purpose of deflecting the flame andheated gases downwardly against the material in the chamber 8 to consumeor reduce it to ashes. The chamber 9, below the chamber 8, is formed bythe bars 10, and is provided for the purpose of receiving the ashes asthey fall from said grates.

Within the chamber 8, are arranged a series of arches 11, arranged atdiflerent heights and distances apart, said arches being provided forthe purpose of receiving and scat- I tering or spreading the materialwithin said chamber the more readily to consume it; said.

arches being of fire clay or other suitable refractory heat absorbingmaterial and which owing to their positions within said chamber, areimpinged against by the heated gases, as

they pass through the furnace, thereby intensifying the heat therein andhaving a great capacity for heat tov desiccate and burn the materialvery rapidly by direct contact.

Over and on the top of the chambers 8, are

the dumping holes-12, through which the refuse or other material to beconsumed is introduced in the chamber 8. I provide the openlatter archwall being .built in the arch 7, of

the chamber 8 in such a manner as to bring the flue or consumed gasopening 15, beneath the level of the upper deflecting and refusesupporting arches'll, thereby causing the.

heated gases to flow downwardly and to impinge against any materialresting on said supports 11, to rapidly consume it, said openingconnecting with the stack or chimney 17. by which the consumed gasesescape into the atmosphere.

It will be readily seen that with a furnace of this description that theflame and heated gases passing from the fire place 1, up through theuptake 4, into the chamber 8, will impinge against all the arches 11,which will all be intensely heated thereby confining the intensity ofthe heat in the garbage or refuse burning chamber to a very greatextent, which being the case all material is at once consumed and allmoisture escaping therefrom is at once decomposed into its elements andconsumed rapidly without emitting any ofiensive odor to the atmosphere.The working of such a furnace is well known and needs no specialdescription.

Having thus fully described the nature and construction of my invention,what I claim as new and useful, and desire to cover by Letters Patent ofthe United States therefor, is-- 1. In a garbage furnace, thecombination with an upper garbage chamber and a lower fire placeextending longitudinally beneath said garbage chamber, a back uptakeconnecting said fireplace to said garbage chamber below the crown or topthereof, a series of arches of a refractory material arranged atdifferent heights and distances apart, a forward wall having a gas exitopening beneath the level of said chamber arches, and a suitable flue orstack for discharging the products of combustion, substantially as setforth.

2. In a garbage furnace, the combination with an upper garbage chamberand a lower fire chamber beneath said garbage chamber, a back uptakeconnecting said fire chamber to said garbage chamber, below the crownthereof, a series of arches of a refractory material arranged atdifierent heights and distances apart, a grate extending along saidgarbage JAMES B. WAYT.

WVitnesses:

THOMPSON R. BELL,

J NO. G. THURTLE.

